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The Gloster Gamecock was a biplane
Biplane

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings. The Wright brothers Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation....
 fighter
Fighter aircraft

A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs....
 of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
, a development of the Mk III Grebe
Gloster Grebe

The Gloster Grebe was developed from the Gloster Grouse , and was the Royal Air Force's first post World War I fighter aircraft, entering service in 1923....
, that first flew in February 1925. It differed from the Grebe primarily by way of its Bristol Jupiter
Bristol Jupiter

The Bristol Jupiter was a United Kingdom nine-cylinder single-row piston radial engine built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Originally designed late in World War I,...
 engine, which replaced the unreliable Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar. Other changes included improved aileron
Aileron

For the band with a similar name, see The AileronsAilerons are hinged control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft....
s, refined fuselage contours, and internally mounted machine guns.

The Gamecock had a fairly short RAF service life, partly because of its high accident rate - of the 90 operated by the RAF, 22 were lost in landing or spin
Spin (flight)

In aviation, a spin is an aggravated Stall resulting in rotation about the center of gravity wherein the aircraft follows a downward corkscrew path....
 accidents.






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The Gloster Gamecock was a biplane
Biplane

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings. The Wright brothers Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation....
 fighter
Fighter aircraft

A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs....
 of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
, a development of the Mk III Grebe
Gloster Grebe

The Gloster Grebe was developed from the Gloster Grouse , and was the Royal Air Force's first post World War I fighter aircraft, entering service in 1923....
, that first flew in February 1925. It differed from the Grebe primarily by way of its Bristol Jupiter
Bristol Jupiter

The Bristol Jupiter was a United Kingdom nine-cylinder single-row piston radial engine built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Originally designed late in World War I,...
 engine, which replaced the unreliable Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar. Other changes included improved aileron
Aileron

For the band with a similar name, see The AileronsAilerons are hinged control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft....
s, refined fuselage contours, and internally mounted machine guns.

The Gamecock had a fairly short RAF service life, partly because of its high accident rate - of the 90 operated by the RAF, 22 were lost in landing or spin
Spin (flight)

In aviation, a spin is an aggravated Stall resulting in rotation about the center of gravity wherein the aircraft follows a downward corkscrew path....
 accidents. These faults were remedied in the Mk. II version, by means of a longer upper wing and a modified tail unit.

Variants

  • Gamecock Mk I : Single-seat fighter aircraft for the RAF. 90 built.
  • Gamecock Mk II : Single-seat fighter aircraft with revised wing and tail. One new built for RAF with another Mk I converted to Mk II standard. Three were three exported to Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
     in 1928, with a further 15 built under licence in Finland from 1929-1930 as the Kukko.
  • Gamecock Mk III : One RAF Gamecock Mk II modified with lengthened fuselage for spin trials.


Operators

  • Finnish Air Force
    Finnish Air Force

    The Finnish Air Force is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of Finnish Rapid Deployment Force for wartime conditions....
  • Royal Air Force
    Royal Air Force

    The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
    • No. 3 Squadron RAF
      No. 3 Squadron RAF

      No. 3 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Eurofighter Typhoon and T1 from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire....
    • No. 17 Squadron RAF
    • No. 19 Squadron RAF
    • No. 23 Squadron RAF
      No. 23 Squadron RAF

      No. 23 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the E-3 Sentry from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. The RAF Airborne Warning And Control System fleet is made up of seven E-3Ds, with the UK designation Sentry AEW1 and the aircraft are pooled between 23 Sqn and No....
    • No. 32 Squadron RAF
    • No. 43 Squadron RAF
      No. 43 Squadron RAF

      No. 43 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Panavia Tornado RAF Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland....
    • No. 2 Flying Training School
    • No. 3 Flying Training School
    • Central Flying School RAF
    • RAF College, Cranwell
      Cranwell

      Cranwell is a village situated in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. It is part of the Civil Parish of Cranwell and Byard's Leap about four miles north-north-west of Sleaford, having a population of about 3,000 souls....
    • Home Communications Flight


Specifications (Mk. I)


See also


Bibliography
  • Green, William and Swanborough, Gordon. "The Era-Ending Gamecock". Air Enthusiast
    Air Enthusiast

    Air Enthusiast was a British, bi-monthly, aviation magazine, published by the Key Publishing group. Initially begun in 1974 as Air Enthusiast Quarterly, the magazine was conceived as a historical adjunct to Air International magazine....
    , Number 21, April-July 1983.Bromley, Kent:Pilot Press. p. 1-8, 58-62. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • James, Derek N. Gloster Aircraft since 1917. London: Putnam, 1971. ISBN 0 370 00084 6.
  • James, Derek N. Gloster Aircraft since 1917. London: Putnam and Company Ltd., 1987. ISBN 0-85177-807-0.
  • Taylor, M.J.H. (editor) Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London:Bracken, 1989. ISBN 1 85170 324 1.
  • Thetford, Owen. Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57. London:Putnam, First edition 1957.


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